#73B4E3#73B4E3

#73B4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73B4E3
RGB	rgb(115, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -8.03, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 31.02, 255.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.046 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.095 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2517, 41.8306, 78.7692)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73B4E3 #E3A273

analogous

#73E3DA #73B4E3 #737CE3

triadic

#73B4E3 #E373B4 #B4E373

tetradic

#73B4E3 #DA73E3 #E3A273 #7CE373

square

#73B4E3 #DA73E3 #E3A273 #7CE373

split-complementary

#73B4E3 #E3737C #E3DA73

monochromatic

#257AB7 #4099D9 #73B4E3 #A6CFED #D9EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#73B4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#73B4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #73B4E3

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73B4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##73B4E3	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B4E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73b4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1caec',
    500: '#73b4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73b4e3;
$custom-light: #a1caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73b4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.179,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73B4E3

secondary

#EBD6C7

accent

#6417CF

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F4F8FD

border

#CED1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #73B4E3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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